LOS ANGELES— Sunday was supposed to mark the start of a new chapter of the UCLA-USC basketball rivalry, the first in a potentially heated series of matchups between Steve Alford and Andy Enfield, the latter of which had already taken early jabs at his crosstown adversary.

But as UCLA cruised to a conference-opening 107-73 victory over the Trojans, the only change in Los Angeles’ mostly stale college basketball rivalry was the speed with which UCLA ran its crosstown foe out of the building.

UCLA’s 107 points were the most it has scored this season, and tied for the most it has ever scored against USC in the history of the

The Bruins opened up an 11-2 lead to open the game and never let go, stretching the lead to as much as 39 and beating Enfield’s team at its own up-tempo, transition-heavy game.

That tempo has been the talk of the town since Enfield made comments at a practice back in October that “If you want to play slow, go to UCLA” – a statement that became a rallying cry for Bruin fans on Sunday.

“Too fast for you, Andy?” they yelled, as UCLA continued to extend its huge lead, by dominating in transition and knocking down 59 percent of its shots.

With five minutes left, freshman Zach LaVine drilled a fall-away 3-pointer to give UCLA its third 100-point performance of the season, as Pauley Pavilion erupted louder than it had all season. The shot was the cherry on top of what had been a thorough domination of its crosstown rival and a symbol that the status quo of UCLA’s otherwise stale rivalry with USC would be maintained — at least for now.

Kyle Anderson finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists. Freshman Bryce Alford also had his best game of the season, with a career-high 20 points.

Ryan Kartje is a sports features reporter, with a special focus on the NFL and college sports. He has worked for the Orange County Register since 2012, when he was hired as UCLA beat writer. His enterprise work on the rise and fall of the daily fantasy sports industry (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/industry-689093-fantasy-daily.html) was honored in 2015 with an Associated Press Sports Editors’ enterprise award in the highest circulation category. His writing has also been honored by the Football Writers Association of America and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Ryan worked for the Bloomington (Ind.) Herald-Times and Fox Sports Wisconsin, before moving out west to live by the beach and eat copious amounts of burritos.